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UNITED STATES Patented February 2, 194. I

JOHN HERZOG, OF SAGINAW, -MICHIGAN TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 751,285, dated February 2, 1904.

Application tiled March 23, 1903.

.To a/ZZ whom it may concern,.- 1 Y Be it known that I, JOHN HERZOG, a citizen of the United States of America, 'residing at Saginaw, in the county ofSaginaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tables, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will lenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

-line m'of Fig. 1. .Fig 3 is fa horizontal section on the line y g/ of Fig. 2. Iigs. Land 5 are detail perspective views of the upper end of the leg. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the leg-clamp. Figs-7 and 8 are detail per? spective views of the rail-clamp, and Fig. 9 'is a detail view of the end of the rail.

The table-top 1 is provided in its edge with an annular groove 2, the lower wall of which is horizontal, forming a rib or tongue/3, and the upper wall of which is beveled or inclined upwardly and outwardly, as shown at 4, lto provide an extended clamping-surface to co-` act with the upper edge of the rails. The rails 5 are provided in their inner faces, near their upper edges, with grooves 6, adapted to receive the ribs or tongues 3 on the ytable-top, and their upper edges are beveled, as at 7, to coact with the beveled .portion 4 of thetabletop. rIhe ends of the rails are suitably m1'- tered or shaped to t together, and in their ends are formed the sockets or vrecesses 8, adapted to receive the rail-clamping blocks. These recesses, it will be noticed, open through serai No. 149,117. No maa.)

`their walls 9 are viaredtoward-the outer faces 50 of the rails, wherebythey are adapted to fit over the edges ofthe rail-clamping blocks 10 and hold the same. The said blocks 10 are castings having wings 11 adapted to enter and fit snugly in the sockets 8 in the meeting ends 5 5 of adjoining rails. The blocks are providedwith central openings 12, through. which the vclamping-rods pass. Each block is provided withlthe horizontal ledge or lip 13 on its inner face near its lower edge and with the horizontal shoulders 14 on its outer face above and below the central opening 12, the purposes of which will presently appear. The rails are drawn together and against the table-top by clamping-rods 15 which extend between the 65 opposite joints and pass through the openings 12 in the clamping-blocks 10. These rods are provided with right and left threads at their opposite ends, and nuts 16 are mounted thereon beyond the rail-clamping blocks and adapted to fit between the shoulders 14 thereon and be thereby held against turning. rIhe parts being arranged as thus described and shown, if the clamping-rods be turned the nuts will be caused to'move along the rods, and conse- 75 quently will force the clamping-blocks toward `the centers of the rods, thereby drawing the and securely clamping the same.

. lIhe table-leg 17 is formed with a horizontal 8O yshoulder 18, which is adapted to bear against the lower edge of the rail, and thereby support the table, and above this shoulder the leg is extended upward a distance about equal to the height of the rail. This upper extended portion or post 19 is constructed with a diagonal notch or open-ended slot 20, extending downward from its top to a point slightly below its center, and on its outer corner immediately below said slot isa horizontal notch 21. When the leg is in position, this notch 21 receives. the ledge 13 of the rail-clamping block, which thereby vaids in preventing the leg from dropping awayfrom the top or the top being lifted from the leg. 1 llgheclamping- 95 rod passes through the slot Q0 of the leg, and

as the rails are drawn together.

a leg-clamping block 22 is mounted on the rod between the center thereof and the leg. This leg-clamping block in the form of a ring or collar having Haring wings 23 adapted to bear against the sides of the post 19 and also having a lug 24 adapted to enter the slot, and thereby prevent turning of the collar and consequent crushing of the walls of the slot. A thumb-nut 25 is mounted on the clampingrod and adapted to be turned up against the leg-clamping block 22 to hold the same against the leg and bind the leg iirmly against the rail.

The construction and arrangement of the several parts being thus made known, the operation and advantages of the device will be readily appreciated. The turning of the clamping-rods, as. before stated, draws the rails against the top and securely clamps them thereagainst. rIhe tongue-and-groove formation of the top and the rails intimately locks the top in place, so that it cannot be lifted from the rails, while the beveled surfaces of the parts cause the table-top to rise slightly The rib or tongue of the top is thus caused t0 bind against the upper wall of the groove in the rail, and a very rigid structure results. The rail-clamping blocks lie flush with the inner faces of the rails, so that a continuous smooth surface is presented to lie against the upper post of the leg, and a iirm body is provided against which the leg is clamped. Owing to the ilared form of the socket in the rail, the clamping-block cannot be dislodged except by an endwise movement. Consequently when the clampingrods are turned the rails are necessarily drawn against the top. After the top and rails have been secured together the legs are placed in position over the clampingrods, and the leg-clamping blocks are then secured firmly in place by the thumb-nuts to bind the legs against the rails and the railclamping blocks. The table can then be lifted and moved without any fear of any of the parts dropping.

It will be readily seen that the table can be dismantled and the parts packed in a small compass for transportation and that the parts can be quickly assembled and a very lirm table provided withoutthe use of any nails or other fastenings which would destroy the wood or mar the appearance of the article.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a table, the combination with the top, of rails having their inner faces adapted to engage the'edges of the same, clamping-blocks seated within the meeting ends of the rails, and clamping-rods mounted in and extending between the blocks of opposite joints.

2. In a table, the combination with the top,

and between said shoulders, and clampingrods extending between the clamping-blocks, passing through the same and engaging said nuts.

Il. In a table, the combination with the top, of side rails having their upper portions adapted to engage the edge of the top and provided with iiared sockets in their ends, clamping-blocks having wings engaging the sockets in the meeting ends of adjacent rails, and clamping-rods mounted in and extending through the said blocks whereby when the rods are turned the rails will be drawn together and against the top.

5. In a table, the combination with the top, of rails having their inner faces adapted to engage the edges of the top, clamping-blocks' seated within and entirely inclosed by the meeting ends of the rails, and connections between the opposite blocks to hold the rails against the top.

6. In a table, the combination with the rails, and clamping-blocks fitted therein provided with leg-supporting projections on their inner sides, of legs iitted over said projections and against the rails, clamping-rods extending between said clamping.- blocks and passing through the legs, and clamps mounted on said rods and adapted to bind the legs against the clamping-blocks in the rails.

7 In a table, the combination with the rails, and clamping-blocks fitted therein provided with leg-supporting projections on their inner sides, of legs fitted against the rails and having horizontal notches engaging the said projections, rods fitted in and extending between said clamping -blocks and passing through the legs, and clamps mounted o'n said rods and bearing against the legs.

8. In a table, the combination with the top, the rails engaging and adapted to bind against the edges of the same, the legs iitted against the inner faces of the rails and provided with external shoulders supporting the rails, clamping-blocks fitted in the rails and engaging and supporting the legs, rods extending between said clamping-blocks and through the legs, and clamps fitted on said rods and bearing against the legs.

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9. In a table, the combination of the rails, speoication in the presence of two subscribclampng-blocks seated in the meeting endsy ing witnesses. of adjoining 4rails and forming a connection between the same, and means between the opi I JOHN HEROG 5 poste blocks for drawing the same toward Witnesses:

the center of the table. JOSEPH GROHMANN,

In testimony whereof I have signed-this RUTH BENJAMN. 

